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    The Effects of the Speeches of Brutus and Antony One of Shakespeare’s greateset plays is Julius Caesar. It’s about a group of conspirators who kill their king in order to be free. Antony‚ opposed to the killing of Caesar‚ felt that he should make them pay for killing Caesar. He delivered a speech that convinced the Romans that the murder was not fair‚ causeing them to start a riot. Brutus also gave a good speech but the Romans didn’t react to it. A battle started‚ and most of the conspirators

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    Jessica Helm Phillips English 10 Pre-AP 1st 28 February 2013 Speech Analysis The speeches given by both Brutus and Mark Antony in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar are very persuasive to the audience that they are given to‚ but rhetorical devices were used in different ways in order for each to have an effect on the people of Rome. In Brutus’s speech‚ he uses devices such as rhetorical question and antithesis to convince the Romans that he and the conpirators did a good deed

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    In comparison to Cleopatra‚ Julius Caesar was the superior leader due to his political influence‚ military leadership‚ and favor amongst his people. Loved amongst his people‚ the time of Caesar’s rule brought significant transformation and spread of his influence across Rome. Not only was Caesar a skilled politician he was a dedicated military leader in the forefront of battle fighting to expand the Roman empire and strategically eliminate threats. Though often considered a ruthless dictator with

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    In Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus and Antony both gave speeches to the people of Rome regarding Caesar’s death. In comparison of the two speeches‚ there were many similarities and differences. By using his rhetorical skills‚ Mark Antony was able to persuade the people of Rome to support him. Considering that Brutus’ speech contained mainly logos‚ he wasn’t able to captivate his audience as well as Antony did. Marcus Brutus was the first person to give his speech after

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    Italy. The play covers events surrounding and including the death of Julius Caesar. Mark Antony is his trusted friend and supporter. Another friend of Caesar‚ but much less of a supporter‚ is Marcus Brutus‚ who is a leader of the conspiracy against Caesar. While Antony and Brutus are both friends of Caesar‚ other character traits including courage‚ loyalty‚ and sincerity set them apart from each other. Antony and Brutus are both admirably courageous. It took great courage for Brutus to kill Caesar

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    Comparative Essay on the speeches of Mark Antony and Brutus Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. It is about a group of conspirators in Rome who kill their king‚ Julius Caesar. The play follows the life of Brutus (at the time) - a conspirator yet an honourable man. His rival throughout the novel is Mark Antony- Caesar’s good friend. The pair’s likeness and unlikeness becomes clear at Caesar’s funeral where both make a speech justifying what one another is doing. Brutus appeals

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    Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony were two important men in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. These two characters played a major role in Caesar’s life and had a great impact on Rome’s future. Marcus Brutus‚ a praetor‚ was an excellent public speaker and he could easily persuade the people of Rome to his thinking. Also‚ he loved Julius Caesar and he was extremely close with him. But‚ he loved Rome more than he loved Caesar. Because of his strong and loyal patriotism‚ Brutus decided that he had to

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    Brutus and Antony are both portrayed as above average orators in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ and they both use this skill to achieve there preplanned goals in there speeches. Brutus’s goal was to rationalize the assassination of Caesar and to convince the people that Brutus and his fellow conspirators were actually heroes for what they did. On the other hand Antony’s goal was to turn the people of Rome against the conspirators and to more brightly illuminate the good things that

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    or Cleopatra? Pharaonic and Ptolemaic Egypt were ruled by a "king‚" and the Egyptian ideal of succession was from father to son (Shaw‚ 2003). The female relatives of the ruling king often played significant roles in the rule of Egypt‚ and the ideology of kingship itself was a careful blend of both male and female elements. Women who ruled autonomously as king were unusual in Dynastic Egypt‚ but it did occur; the best-known examples of this are Hatshepsut (from the 18th Dynasty) and Cleopatra VII

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    List of literary movements From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This is a list of modern literary movements: that is‚ movements after the Renaissance. These terms‚ helpful for curricula or anthologies‚ evolved over time to group certain writers who are often loosely related. Some of these movements (such as Dada and Beat) were defined by the members themselves‚ while other terms (the metaphysical poets‚ for example) emerged decades or centuries after the periods in

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